Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Definitely better than the first book and was a joy to read.
Shadowfever by Karen Marie MoningMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
This was a very anti-climactic end to the series. When Mac stopped her droaning inner monolouge, the book was just okay. I would have been better if the author focused more on Barrons and Mac's relationship.
Wolf Tales I by Kate DouglasMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
This story was too close to beastiality. Ick.
Riding the Storm by Sydney CroftMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I discovered it because I read all of Ione's Demonica series that was on the shelves about two years ago. I was looking for something new to read and I picked up this book because I loved Demonica so much. This book had me by chapter two.
New Moon by Stephenie MeyerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
*Spoilers* Edward leaves Bella to save her from his life. She flips out and turns into an adrenaline junkie so she can see an aparation of Edward to warn her not to do anything stupid. Jacob is starting to court Bella and just when Bella starts to have a semi-normal life again, Alice shows up on her front stoop. Alice had a vision of Bella jumping off of a cliff, when in fact Bella was just cliff diving. Edward finds out and tries to commit "suicide by cop" by provoking the vampire version of a monarchy. Bella saves Edward in time and brings him back home. Jacob gets pissy. Edward asks Bella to marry him.
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
"It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families in San Francisco, California who start a club known as "the Joy Luck Club," playing the Chinese game of Mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of foods. The book is structured somewhat like a mahjong game, with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters. The three mothers and four daughters (one mother, Suyuan Woo, dies before the novel opens) share stories about their lives in the form of vignettes. Each part is preceded by a parable relating to the game." - wikipedia
Rose Madder by Stephen KingMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
"In the prologue, which takes place in 1985, Rose Daniels's husband, Norman, beats her while she is four months pregnant, causing her to suffer a miscarriage. Rose briefly considers leaving Norman but dismisses the idea: Norman is a policeman, and is excellent at finding people. Norman also has a violent temper and was recently accused of assaulting an African-American woman named Wendy Yarrow. The subsequent lawsuit and Internal Affairs investigation has made him even more volatile.
The story then jumps ahead to a morning nine years later, when Rose is making the bed. She notices a drop of blood on the sheet that had probably leaked from her nose the night before — Norman had punched her in the face for spilling some iced tea on him. Rose realizes that she has passively suffered through Norman's abuse for fourteen years and that if she continues to put up with this treatment, she might be killed. But then Rose wonders: what if Norman doesn't kill her? What will she be like after fourteen more years of Norman "talking to her right up close", as he puts it?" - wikipedia
Lisey's Story by Stephen KingMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
"Lisey's Story is the story of Lisey (pronounced LEE-see) Landon, who is the widow of a famous and wildly successful novelist, Scott Landon. The book tells two stories--Lisey's story in the present, and the story of her dead husband's life, as remembered by Lisey during the course of the novel.
It has been two years since her husband's death, and Lisey is in the process of cleaning out her dead husband's writing area. A series of events occurs that causes Lisey to begin facing certain realities about her husband that she had repressed and forgotten. As Lisey is stalked, terrorized, and then mutilated by an insane fan of her husband's, Lisey begins recalling her husband's past--how he came from a family with a history of horrible mental illness that manifested as either an uncontrollable homicidal mania or as a deep catatonia, how he had a special gift, an ability to transport himself to another world, called by Scott Landon "Boo'ya Moon," how Scott Landon's brother was murdered by his father when his brother manifested an incurable insanity, and finally how Scott Landon murdered his father to save his father from the madness that had finally taken him over.
As the novel progresses we see the complexity of Lisey's marriage to Scott, and their deep and abiding love for each other. The novel takes place over a very short period of time--a matter of days--but the real story is told in Lisey's remembrances of her husband, her ability to harness his special power to save herself (and her sister), and finally to find the gift that her dead husband had left for her in Boo'ya Moon--a story just for Lisey. Lisey's story." - wikipedia
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book forever for me to get through. It's an okay book. Not one of the best in the series.
Primal Calling by Jillian BurnsMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the second book I have read in the Harlequin Blaze series. I was actually surprised with how good it was. I found myself easily wrapped up in the story. I laughed, I smiled, and I cried. The story was a refreshing change from the usual romance tales, as well. I would recommend this book to everyone who reads romance books.... A strong and independant female lead, a tortured alpha male, mystery, heart ache, intense passion... all the makings of a great book.
